<b>Chapter 568: Aphotic</b>


    “Open!” Li Qiye let out a long cry and channeled his foundation to turn into a Primordial Kun Peng. However, even with its wings spread out, the Kun Peng was unable to fly; it suddenly fell down and created a crashing sound. His dao foundation had lost its fuel, the worldly energy, as well as the power of the grand dao. In this moment, both his dao foundation and daows were like deted balls, he couldn’t fly upward!


    “As long as you are inside my grand dao, you will never be able to call for the dao and will forever be sealed here. This is my dao... Aphotic!”


    Di Zuo was inplete control of this realm. He looked down at Li Qiye and pointed a finger at his body.


    “Boom!” Li Qiye was blown away by this finger. It aimed for his chest and left behind a terrible and bloodied hole as blood spurted out. Li Qiye got up and shouted: “I don’t believe in witchcraft, open for me!”


    Li Qiye, once again, channeled hisws in order to activate the grand dao. However, it was no use in this ce, the dao did not answer him.


    “Boom!” Di Zuo blew him away once again, causing blood to spill. He was not in a hurry to kill Li Qiye since he was certain of his victory. At this point, he arrogantly proimed: “Even an emperor’sw would be limited in this ce. Like I said, before my Aphotic dao, all myriad dao would lose their colors. If you don’t believe me, then try using an emperor’sw!”


    “What kind of dao is this?” Seeing the sudden reversal left everyone dumbstruck in horror.


    If all dao andws, including emperor’sws, lost their effect once inside Di Zuo’s grand dao, then this would be too frightening. If this was the case, then no matter how powerful one might be, they would still be suppressed by Di Zuo’s grand dao and would be a fish on a tter without being able to resist.


    “This... is too terrifying!” Both ghost experts or great characters from the other races were aghast. Such a grand dao was a threat to just about anyone.


    Tian Lunhui was also greatly affected by this dao, which was made apparent by his shocked expression. This grand dao terrified him!


    An ancestor who was very knowledgeable about the Myriad Bones Throne spoke with a changed expression: “Aphotic, Aphotic... Aphotic! I remember now, this is a part of a certain legend!” He recalled a particr myth and shouted in dismay: “This was conceived by Immortal Emperor Yao Shi. Rumor has it that when he was old, Immortal Emperor Yao Shi obtained a series of mantras from the Death Scripture, one of the Nine Grand Scriptures, and greatly benefited from them. He concocted an idea about a supreme grand dao, but s, he had already be an Immortal Emperor so he couldn’t carry it out. Nevertheless, he still created an outline for this supreme dao and named it Aphotic!” [1. Yao Shi = Brilliant Era.]


    “Death Scripture? One of the nine? Does such a thing really exist?” Everyone was startled because the scriptures had always been legends since none had seen them before.


    “Yes! This is the Aphotic dao created by our Immortal Emperor Yao Shi, and Di Zuo alone is the only one who can use it!” A Myriad Bones Ancestor’s voice came from the Ancestral Mountain.


    People took in deep breaths after this was confirmed by an ancestor from the throne of bones. This was a theory created by Immortal Emperor Yao Shi in his old age; what a terrifying and supreme grand dao!


    The Myriad Bones Throne had three emperors. In chronological order, they were Immortal Emperor Wan Gu, Immortal Emperor Yang Sheng, and Immortal Emperor Yao Shi. However, Immortal Emperor Yao Shibined the best characteristics of the previous two emperors to form his own school before bing an Immortal Emperor. [2. Wan Gu = Myriad Bones, Yang Sheng = Vitality, Yao Shi = Brilliant Era.]


    In his old age, he obtained a few pages that contained mantras from the Death Scripture. After studying these pages, he had a bold thought and wanted to walk in an entirely new direction. From this, a new supreme dao was formed in his mind.


    s, he was already carrying the Heaven’s Will at that moment. It had already epted his dao and became one with him. If he wanted to create a new grand dao that belonged to himself, then he had to start all over.


    Because of this, he chose not to create it and only left behind an outline for the Myriad Bones Throne, naming it Aphotic. He hoped that the disciples of the future generations would be able toplete his supreme grand dao.


    It was not until the generation of the brilliant Di Zuo before the mystery of the Aphotic dao was explored to carry on Immortal Emperor Yao Shi’s grand dao.


    However, Di Zuo had notpleted this supreme dao. Activating it required a tremendous amount of blood energy and even Longevity Blood! It was a very big price to pay in order to use this dao.


    “Bang!” Di Zuo blew Li Qiye away again. Li Qiye tried to channel worldly energy andws once more to see if they could oppose the Aphotic dao, but it was temporarily of no use. At the very least, ordinary meritws were not working.


    “Aphotic!” The crowd gasped when they saw Li Qiye fail to use any meritws. They all knew that he was heaven-defying, but now, he was only epting the beating without being able to fight back. They murmured the name “Aphotic” while a chill emanated down their spines. This word was like a curse, and even ghost cultivators were scared.


    “Pop!” At this moment, Di Zuo finally lifted Li Qiye by the neck. It seemed as if he could break it at any time.


    Daoist Bao Gui’s group were aghast but powerless.


    With his firm grip on Li Qiye’s neck while showing a twisted expression, Di Zuo spoke with a murderous air: “This is for the Phoenix Maiden. I will use your head to honor her soul!”


    Even when his neck was grasped by Di Zuo, Li Qiye was still as rxed as ever. He smiled before saying: “Do you want to hear a few words?”


    “Speak yourst words!” Di Zuo coldly responded. His eyes were full of murderous glints; Li Qiye was no different than a dead man to him at this moment.


    “First of all, it is too early forst words. Second, this dao is indeed formidable and could be epted by the Heaven’s Will in the future. Third, unfortunately, you won’t live to see that day. Fourth, this dao might be strong, but it is not unbeatable. Like I said before, I didn’t want to be a bully so although your dao can stop many of myws, it cannot block all of them. Of course, this is all in the past as there is no need to use meritws anymore. Fifth... It is my turn!” Li Qiye calmly spoke.


    Everyone was surprised as Li Qiye made his speech. His life was hanging by a thread, yet he still acted so boisterously. Everyone could see that he had no strength to fight back, so not even Di Zuo believed him as he spewed out those words, let alone others.


    Di Zuo sneered and said: “It is all toote now. Time to end this!” With a sharp re, his grip tightened to crush Li Qiye’s neck.


    “Indeed, it is time to end this!” Li Qiye said with a smirk.


    In an instant, he unleashed his sea of knowledge that was apanied by roaring explosions. At this time, all of his Fate Pces were released with their vast divine lights. Strange and spectacr images appeared in the sky as if an Immortal Emperor had arrived and was being worshiped by his subjects.


    “Boom!” The heaven and earth prostrated as Li Qiye released all of his pces. The worldly energy and endless grand dao regained their power. In just a split second, the world that was enveloped by the Aphotic dao had regained its vivacity.


    “Pop!” Di Zuo simply couldn’t hold onto Li Qiye any longer at this moment. Li Qiye, as if possessed by a deity, knocked him flying away. The Aphotic dao was heavily weakened and lost the majority of its effect!


    “Ten... Eleven... Twelve pces... Im-impossible!” Someone shouted in horror as they counted Li Qiye’s pces.


    Everyone heard this loud scream and looked at his pces, finding twelve of them hovering above his head.


    At this moment, everyone became scared out of their wits. Having twelve pces was an impossible matter. No one had ever heard of someone achieving this since the start of time.


    But today, this miracle was before them. Twelve pces, it really was twelve pces. This was not just a dream told by someone insane or a drunkard.


    All of a sudden, everyone was dumbstruck. They were looking at Li Qiye’s twelve pces with their own eyes!


    Di Zuo and Tian Lunhui — these geniuses who never trembled in the face of trouble became pale with quivering legs when they saw the number of Fate Pces before them.


    They were brilliant and unequaled but still suffered a major blow when they saw the pces!


    They knew that after having nine pces, opening the tenth was very difficult so a twelfth was essentially out of the question.


    However, what they considered to be inconceivable had been achieved by Li Qiye, causing their emotions to run rampant.


    After a long pause, allowing everyone’s souls toe back to their bodies, an ancestor shouted as if he had just seen a ghost: “The impossible...! Twelve Fate Pces!”


    “Bang!” At this moment, the twelve pces disappeared as Li Qiye stood tall in the sky. He was above the nine heavens and myriad worlds. The firmament was firmly within his grasp!